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FC0-U41 · Question #210

Rick works as a Network Administrator for Company Inc. He takes a backup of some important compressed files on an NTFS partition, using the Windows 2000 Backup utility. Rick restores these files in…

The correct answer is B. A FAT32 partition does not support compression. When a backup taken in an NTFS partition is restored in a FAT32 partition, the following file properties are retaineD. Encryption, permission, and compression are lost, as the FAT32 file system does not support Answer option D is incorrect. A backup of files that are saved in…

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Rick works as a Network Administrator for Company Inc. He takes a backup of some important compressed files on an NTFS partition, using the Windows 2000 Backup utility. Rick restores these files in a FAT32 partition. He finds that the restored files do not have the compression attribute. What is the most likely cause?

Options

  • AThe FAT32 partition is corrupt and requires to be reformatted.
  • BA FAT32 partition does not support compression.
  • CThe Windows 2000 Backup utility decompresses compressed files while taking a backup.
  • DThe backup of files that are saved on an NTFS partition cannot be restored in a FAT32

How the community answered

(45 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    71% (32)
  • C
    9% (4)
  • D
    16% (7)

Explanation

When a backup taken in an NTFS partition is restored in a FAT32 partition, the following file properties are retaineD. Encryption, permission, and compression are lost, as the FAT32 file system does not support Answer option D is incorrect. A backup of files that are saved in an NTFS partition can be restored in a FAT32 partition. However, while doing so, only the properties that are exclusively NTFS are not retained. Answer option A is incorrect. A corrupt partition cannot restore backup files. The question clearly states that the compression attribute is not retained. This indicates that the backup files are successfully restored. Therefore, a corrupt partition cannot be the most likely cause. Answer option C is incorrect. The Windows 2000 Backup utility can take a backup of compressed files in compressed mode.

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#NTFS#FAT32#file compression#file systems

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